angela’s eyes
the camera’s eye (12/13)

Continuing tonight on Five is the US drama series that focuses on the work of Angela Henson –an FBI agent with a unique talent for seeing through lies. In tonight’s episode, a theft at an art gallery leads the team to an international assassin; and Angela and Jerry’s quest to find the truth about their parents becomes ever more convoluted.

Angela, Leo and Dozer are called to a fashionable art gallery from which controversial artist Gus Walker has had his entire collection stolen on the first day of his new exhibition. After analysing the incomplete surveillance footage from the gallery, Dozer concludes that the recording was stopped during the exhibition launch party on the previous night by somebody with a password. “This was an inside job,” says Angela to the artist and the gallery owner, both of whom deny involvement in the theft.

The case takes a dramatic twist when Leo and Angela pay Walker a visit at home, only to find him lying dead in a pool of blood, surrounded by the missing works of art. “I’m guessing stolen art isn’t an issue any more,” observes Leo. The agents note that only nine of the ten stolen photo collages are in the artist’s flat and conclude that the missing piece is key to the case. Since only one piece was taken away, its importance to the thief must lie in its subject, as opposed to its cash value. “So how do we figure out what it looks like?” asks Angela. “That’s where I come in,” says Dozer.

Just at this point, the team is interrupted by the arrival of Jack Stillman –an old adversary of Angela’s. Stillman claims to have a personal interest in Walker’s murder and wants access to the current case files. Believing him to have nothing to offer in exchange for her assistance, however, Angela flatly refuses.

Back at the lab, Dozer sets to work on the surveillance footage to put together an image of the missing piece of art. As the photograph comes into focus, the agents recognise the face of ‘Chameleon’ –an international assassin known for her ability to transform into many guises. As she stares at the image, Angela suddenly remembers seeing Chameleon in disguise at the gallery reception. But would she really kill someone simply for capturing her image on camera? “That’s what we have to find out,” concludes Angela.

Now at a stalemate, Angela receives a lead from the most unlikely of sources. While at home one evening, she gets a call from Stillman, who claims to have new information. They meet at a bar in town, but Angela quickly surmises that he has nothing new to offer. However, while talking about the dead artist’s work, Stillman reveals that one of the subjects of the latest collection was people taking photographs. Can Chameleon have herself been using a camera when Walker captured her image? “I never thought I’d hear myself say this,” says Angela, “but I actually owe you one Jack!”

Further examination of the missing artwork reveals that, sure enough, the assassin was using a small camera to stake out a public building in town. Heading to the building in question, the agents discover that Joseph Dellaman, an expolitical prisoner, is due to give a speech at the building at a human rights celebration on the following day. Angela now knows Chameleon’s intended target, but is she in time to stop the hit?

Also this week, Jerry and Angela continue to attempt to decode the mysterious papers relating to their parents’ imprisonment. During a visit to his father in jail, Jerry is led to an old bookseller who explains that the papers refer to the one man responsible for the whole conspiracy. The bookseller, however, cannot provide the name. Back at Angela’s flat, Jerry is entertaining a new girlfriend who he met in a coffee shop. However, there proves to be more to the girl than meets the eye when she runs off with the coded papers. Have Angela and Jerry lost the last piece of evidence proving their parents’ innocence, just as they were about to discover the truth?